杏仁茶(簡易)

龍皇杏 1杯 / 4埙 
北杏 埙湯匙
白米 3/4 杯 / 3 埙
冰糖 80 克/ 2埙
水 4杯

用具
攪拌機、紗布袋

製作過程
1. 龍皇杏、北杏、白米洗淨，用水浸埙小時或過夜，棄水 。
2. 將4杯水分次與杏仁，白米等同置入攪拌機中，磨成杏仁米漿，用紗布袋隔渣後取其杏仁汁。 

3. 杏仁汁用慢中火煲，加入至糖滾至完全溶解即可食用 。
藥理
1. 甜杏仁，性沩平無毒，有潤肺止咳作用。
2. 苦杏仁(北杏)，能治咳嗽、理痰、涎平喘逆、功能通肺氣等。埙者合用，可作為調理咳嗽食療品 。 

Please note, your blender must be powerful enough to blend the almond into small powdery like, or else you can't juice out the almond juice.

Lenox Almond Biscotti

Recipe adapted from Baking From my Home to Yours, by Dorie Greenspan, page 141. 

What you need 
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour 
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 
- 1/4 tsp salt 
- 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal 
- 1 stick (113gm) of butter 
- 1 cup sugar (I reduced it to 3/4 cup) 
- 2 large eggs (I used 60gm eggs with shell) 
- 1 1/2 tsp almond extract 
- 3/4 cup sliced almonds, blanched or unblanched[/list] 

What to do 
- Preheat oven to 170C. Line baking sheet with parchment or silicone sheet. 
- Sift flour, baking powder, cornmeal and salt tog and whisk to blend. Set aside. 
- Cream butter and sugar tog till light, add in eggs one at a time. Scraping down the bowl as needed and whisk till mixture is light, smooth and creamy (abt 2 mins). Beat in almond extract. 
- Reduce mixer speed to low, add in dry ingredients and mix till incorporated. You'll have a sticky-to-finger dough. 
- Scrape half the dough onto 1 side of the baking sheet, work the dough into a log abt 12 inches long and 1 1/2inches wide. Form a 2nd log with the remaining dough on the other side of the baking sheet. 
- Bake for 15mins, or until the logs are lightly golden brown but still soft and springy to touch. Remove baking sheet from oven and leave it to cool for abt 30mins. 
- Cut the logs into 3/4in slices, line them cut-side up onto the baking sheet. 
- Bake biscotti for another 15mins or so, till they are golden and firm. Transfer to cooling racks and store only when completely cooled.

by Ida

Almond cookies

2 egg yolks 
227g butter 
170g castor sugar 
340g plain flour 
57g cornflour 
85g ground almonds
1 tsp vanilla essence 
1/3 tsp baking powder 

!) Cream butter and sugar till sugar is melted. 
2) Add egg yolks and ground almonds(or ground cashew nuts)-stirring all the time. 
3) Add flour and cornflour in which had been added the baking powder.Finally add essence. 
4) Roll the dough out into a flat surface and shaped using cookie cutter of your choice. 
5) Brush top of cookies with egg white and press some sliced almond or half an almond(replaced with half cashewnut if used) 
6) Bake in pre-heated oven at 175 degrees C for about 15 minutes.


by Jam